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Dave Stieb

David Andrew Stieb

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 22, 1957 in Santa Ana, CA
School: Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 5th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1979
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/WhiteSox 1979-1998
Agents: Bob LaMonte, previously: Steve Comte [*]
Final Game: September 25, 1998
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1978	20	TOR-min	A	35	110	99	10	19	3	0	1	9	2	1	9	18	.192	.257	.253	.509		25		0	1	1			DUN · FLOR
1979	21	TOR-min	AAA,A	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SYR,DUN · IL,FLOR
1979	21	TOR	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1/D
1980	22	TOR	AL	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1/7	AS
1981	23	TOR	AL	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1/D	AS,MVP-27
1982	24	TOR	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	CYA-4
1983	25	TOR	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1984	26	TOR	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS,CYA-7,MVP-22
1985	27	TOR	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS,CYA-7
1986	28	TOR	AL	38	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1987	29	TOR	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1/D
1988	30	TOR	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1/D	AS
1989	31	TOR	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1990	32	TOR	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
1991	33	TOR	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1992	34	TOR-min	A+	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		DUN · FLOR
1992	34	TOR	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	35	KCR-CHW-min	A+,AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SAR,OMA,NVL · FLOR,AA
1993	35	CHW	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1994		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1995		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1996		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1997		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1998	40	TOR-min	AAA,A+	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SYR,DUN · IL,FLOR
1998	40	TOR	AL	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
16 Yrs				454	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

TOR (15 yrs)				450	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1979	21	TOR	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1/D
1980	22	TOR	AL	36	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$55,000	1/7	AS
1981	23	TOR	AL	29	0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$85,000	1/D	AS,MVP-27
1982	24	TOR	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$250,000	1	CYA-4
1983	25	TOR	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$450,000	1	AS
1984	26	TOR	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$650,000	1	AS,CYA-7,MVP-22
1985	27	TOR	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,000,000	1	AS,CYA-7
1986	28	TOR	AL	38	0	0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$1,000,000	1
1987	29	TOR	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,000,000	1/D
1988	30	TOR	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$1,000,000	1/D	AS
1989	31	TOR	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,500,000	1
1990	32	TOR	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,750,000	1	AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
1991	33	TOR	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$3,000,000	/1
1992	34	TOR	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$3,250,000	1
1993	35	CHW	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$300,000	/1

1998	40	TOR	AL	19	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$450,000	1
16 Seasons				454	2	-1	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.3	-1	$15,740,000

TOR (15 yrs)				450	2	-1	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.3	-1	$15,440,000
CHW (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$300,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1980	22	TOR	AL	1	1	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.275	.000	.338	.000	.408	.000	.746	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1998	40	TOR	AL	1	1	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.271	.000	.339	.000	.431	.000	.770	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
16 Yrs				2	2	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.273	.000	.338	.000	.420	.000	.758	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				1	1	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.273	.000	.338	.000	.420	.000	.758	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1985	27	TOR	AL	ALCS	KCR	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1989	31	TOR	AL	ALCS	OAK	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 ALCS							5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1980	TOR	AL	22		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1981	TOR	AL	23		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1983	TOR	AL	25	as P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0
1984	TOR	AL	26	as P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1985	TOR	AL	27		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

1988	TOR	AL	30		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

1990	TOR	AL	32		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs (7 GP)					2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1980	22	TOR	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							0.00	100%

1998	40	TOR	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
16 Yrs				2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							1.00	100%	0%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.8%	8.6%	7.0%	30%	1.72	6.0	39.3	8.1	0.81	1.08	73%	21%	7.2%	18%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1979	21	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1980	22	TOR	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	3.51	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.38	-0.3	0
1981	23	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1982	24	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1983	25	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0
1984	26	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0
1985	27	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0
1986	28	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1987	29	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1988	30	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1989	31	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0
1990	32	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0
1991	33	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0
1992	34	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0
1993	35	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0

1998	40	TOR	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.06	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.38	-0.3	0
16 Yrs				-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.78	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.88	-0.5	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1980	22	TOR	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

1998	40	TOR	AL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16 Yrs				0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	2	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1980	22	TOR	AL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1998	40	TOR	AL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
16 Yrs				2	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					58%																			76%			11%			35%			15%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1998	40	TOR	AL	1	4	4.00	3	75%	33%	0%	33%	33%	67%	0%	50%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
1 Yr				1	4	4.00	3	75%	33%	0%	33%	33%	67%	0%	50%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.66		62%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1980	22	56	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1981	23	85	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1982	24	123	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1983	25	159	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1984	26	194	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1985	27	230	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1986	28	268	1	1	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1987	29	302	1	1	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1988	30	335	1	1	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1989	31	368	1	1	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1990	32	401	1	1	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1991	33	410	1	1	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1992	34	431	1	1	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1993	35	435	1	1	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1994	36	435	1	1	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1995	37	435	1	1	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1996	38	435	1	1	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1997	39	435	1	1	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1998	40	454	2	2	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1980	22	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	36

1998	40	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	19
2 Yrs		55	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	55
162 Game Avg.		162	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	55

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 2004 BBWAA ( 1.4%)	All-Star Games 1980 * 1981 * 1983 (P) 1984 (P) 1985 * 1988 * 1990 *	Awards (yr lg award) 1982 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1981 AL (27, 0%) 1984 AL (22, 1%) 1990 AL (25, 0%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)
Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1982 AL (4, 26%) 1984 AL (7, 1%) 1985 AL (7, 1%) 1990 AL (5, 1%) 0.29 Career Shares (137th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1981 AL 4.3 (8th) 1982 AL 7.3 (2nd) 1983 AL 6.7 (4th) 1984 AL 7.6 (2nd) 1985 AL 6.5 (6th) 1990 AL 5.7 (8th) Career 53.5 (205th)	Oldest s c a p y 1998 AL born 1957-07-22 (5th)

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